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1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Interesting that no player has returned a positive result (does that mean they never had it as well).

I'm interested in the concept of random sampling and AFL players are a good random cross section of the young population

i think(?) it's a different test

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    5 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Surely AFL will schedule the first 7 rounds split between 

    Suns, Lions, Crows, Power, Eagles, Dockers, Swans, Giants - play each other in Qld, NSW HUB

    Remaining 10 Victorian teams stay in Vic.  Nil travel outside the state.  That gets the draw to round 8 after end of July with 9 rounds to play.  Review fixtures in 1st week of July for remainder of the year.  

    that sound far too sensible to happen

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    23 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Surely AFL will schedule the first 7 rounds split between 

    Suns, Lions, Crows, Power, Eagles, Dockers, Swans, Giants - play each other in Qld, NSW HUB

    Remaining 10 Victorian teams stay in Vic.  Nil travel outside the state.  That gets the draw to round 8 after end of July with 9 rounds to play.  Review fixtures in 1st week of July for remainder of the year.  

    Crows and Port want to defer their "derby" until the end of the season just in case they are allowed to play in front of crowds in Adelaide. I expect the two WA clubs would argue for the same.

    Gil should tell them where to go imo.

    Source: Port director of football on 3aw last night.

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    3 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Interesting that no player has returned a positive result (does that mean they never had it as well).

    I'm interested in the concept of random sampling and AFL players are a good random cross section of the young population

    I wouldn't have thought so.

    They are male (ie. less than half of young people) super fit, highly paid, have eating and behaviour patterns micro-managed for them, and are, on the whole, public figures.

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    33 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    This is the final straw. Covid-19 has gone too far. 

     

    Well, that’s it guys, I’m done with footy. 

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    2 hours ago, Demonland said:

    This is the final straw. Covid-19 has gone too far. 

     

     

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    I wonder if the AFL will make Collingwood and Essendon head down to play Geelong at home with no crowds 

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    12 hours ago, Demonland said:

    Of course they are.  

     

    I also note that Essendon have got lucky, had a similar amount of post season injuries like us last year but they were given 2-3 months which has them all fit and ready to go again. We needed COVID last year!

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    1 hour ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

    so if queensland is not opening borders until september, how does that effect the six teams that will be based there?

    Qld are already allowing NRL teams to criss cross borders so I would expect it to be no different for AFL teams.

    Another interesting question is who will be required to travel to Sydney in the first four weeks?

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    8 hours ago, Demonland said:

     

    I mean I get it, they’re trying to minimise things but really you’re playing a game where the players are tackling each other and getting into mails of groups when extracting the ball. Are they going to give everyone a disinfectant spray at each stoppage?

    Social distancing on the bench seems OTT, but perhaps it’s more about sending the right message. 

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    22 minutes ago, Pates said:

    Are they going to give everyone a disinfectant spray at each stoppage?

    Probably not 'Pts'.    But maybe change out bubblegum,  for 'Fishermans Freinds',  instead.

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    On 5/16/2020 at 12:04 AM, Go the Biff said:

    Dude's an idiot. Hubs aren't the issue. It's border closure. Specifically the border he closed & keeps closed despite their comparatively low incidence of covid cases. FMD. We've actually had a bi-partisan "all hands on deck" approach to this pandemic. Then old mate farkface in the West decides to indulge in a cheap shot point scoring exercise.

    Clearly he hasn't covered himself in glory here

    He's not an idiot. His job is to play to his constituents and get re-elected. Bashing the Vic's is a clear vote winner.

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